Improvement in the mode of smelting iron ores by the employment of a composition of



INITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LYON, OF POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MODE 0F SMELTING IRON ORES BY THEEMPL OYMENT OF ACOMPOSITION OF ANTHRACITE AND CLAY AS A FUEL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 332, dated July 31,1837.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn wn that I, JOSEPH LYON, of Pottsville. in the county of chu\'lkill and San. of Pennsylvania. collier, have in\ ented or discoveredan Improved Mode ot Sme ling lron Ores by the Employment of a Mixture orComposition of Anthiacire and Clay as 2 Fuel, which 1 call -blay Q0 ds,"and I do hereby declare into balls or be taken up by hand or machin-.

cry in portions ofany shape or size. When these clay coals are driedthey can be used as iuel in the manner that coke or charcoal arecommonlyused in the reduction of iron ores. I I

intend to mingle portions of the limestone or other fluxes in thecomposition ufthis mixture,

and also some of the finer portions of the ore,

when either or both of these additionsnmy be considered useful.

I do not claim the discovery orv invention of combustible balls composedof coal and clay, for these have long been known and used for diverspurposes; but

What I do claim as myinvention or discovery, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is- The preparation of anthracite or the composition ofclay coals, asherein setforth, to be used as a substitute for coke,charcoahor other fuel in its application to the pu'rpose of smeltin giron ores.

JOSEPH LYON.

Witnesses:

I. R. B RDEN, JOSEPH BURDEN.

